Name: Giovanna d'Arco
Start: 2023-02-03
End: 2023-02-03
Location: Estonian National Opera

Organization

Conductor

Arvo Volmer

Stage director

Marco Gandini

Set designer

Italo Grassi

Costume designer

Anna Biagiotti

Video designer

Ludovico Gandellini

Assistant stage designer

Lighting designer

Rasmus Rembel

Choreographer

Mehis Saaber

Singer

Soprano

Olena Brazhnyk

Giovanna

Olga Mykytenko

Tenor

Mehis Tiits

Carlo VII

David Esteban

Baritone

Rauno Elp

Giacomo

Leonardo Neiva

Bass

Priit Volmer

Talbot

Raiko Raalik

Mart Madiste

Delil

Heldur Harry Põlda

Chorus master

Heli Jürgenson

Kaspar Mänd

Estonian National Opera

Others

Estonian National Opera Chorus

Orchestra

Estonian National Opera Orchestra

Italian

Giovanna d'Arco -  (Joan of Arc)

Tallinn

Estonia

Giovanna d'Arco Verdi

Public

Private

Joan of Arc

Estonian

English

Approved

Re Carlo VII, Giovanna D'Arco

"Jeanne d'Arc" Lyrical drama by Giuseppe Verdi. The dramatic life story of Joan of Arc has inspired artists to create beautiful masterpieces for centuries. The music for the opera was created in just four months and shows us the ambition of the young Verdi and his desire to find new means of expression. The result is colorful orchestration, uplifting choruses and dizzying arias. It was his fifth opera premiered at Teatro alla Scala, which was received by the audience with a standing ovation. The heroine of the opera is a mixture of historical truth and romantic fantasy, exemplified by the character's poeticized death on the battlefield rather than by fire and her love for King Charles VII.

The dramatic life story of Joan of Arc has inspired countless artists over the centuries. Composed in barely four months, the score of “Giovanna d’Arco” gives us an insight into an ambitious Giuseppe Verdi who is looking to experiment and innovate, achieving colourful orchestration, rousing choruses and daring vocal writing. This is his fifth opera at Teatro alla Scala, following the two big success of “Nabucco” and “I Lombardi”. It was ecstatically received by audiences. The historical character is presented to us as a combination of historic precision mixed with significant elements of poetic license, the most notorious of which is that his heroine dies on the battle field instead of being burned at the stake as happened in reality. The love of King Charles for her is the other important original trait of the operatic story.

Jeanne d’Arci dramaatiline elulugu on sajandeid pakkunud kunstnikele inspiratsiooni luua kauneid meistriteoseid. Ooperi muusika sündis vaid nelja kuuga ning näitab meile noore Verdi ambitsioonikust ja soovi leida uusi väljendusvahendeid. Tulemuseks on värvikas orkestratsioon, ülendavad koorid ja peadpööritavad aariad. See oli tema viies Teatro alla Scalas esietendunud ooper, mille publik ovatsioonide saatel vastu võttis. Ooperi kangelanna on segu ajaloolisest tõest ja romantilisest fantaasiast, mille näiteks on tegelase poetiseeritud surm lahinguväljal, mitte hukkumine tuleriidal ning tema armastus kuningas Charles VII vastu.

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Joan of Arc by Verdi, Fri 03 Feb 2023, From (2023/2023), Directed by Marco Gandini,, Conductor Arvo Volmer, Kaspar Mänd, Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, Estonia

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